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Pointing at the moon deeply angers spirits

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Because celestial bodies are notoriously insecure and hate being stared at. Various folk traditions claimed that rudely extending a digit toward the night sky was a grave insult to ethereal entities wandering the dark. Offending the moon supposedly invited immediate karmic retribution, usually resulting in a streak of utterly terrible luck.

Pointing at the moon deeply angers spirits
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